when istalling snap together flooring there are several things to
remember.

1) it's almost too easy
2) the floor underneath must be flat and hard, or the seams will
separate, this doesn't actualy hurt the flooring, but you will need to
undo it all the way back to the seperation to fix it.
3) it must be flat.

there are options for flattening the floor in your basement, I used a
tounge and grrove plywood with plasic risers and leveling strips glued
to the bottom, I got from home depot in 2'x2' sections and they work
great but add about $1.5 per square foot to your floor cost., easier to
just lay out the thin foam sheet if the floor is flat to start.

because it must be flat and hard, you do need to remove the carpet,
sorry.

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HomeDecoy wrote:
Just bought a house. In the downstairs/basement, there is a room that
we've expanded to become an office. We want to put in laminate
floors. They are the snap together type that you can buy from Home
Depot. (The only place nearby with them, we live up north in Canada!)
Currently there is a low-pile carpet on there that's been there for
at least 20 years now, and is REALLY glued to the floor. A woman
working at Home Depot told us that we HAD to remove the carpet before
putting down this flooring. We will be renting a machine called/made by
Eddy (?) to pull up the carpet and then lay the flooring. She says if
we don't remove the carpet and put down the (proper) foam underneath,
that the flooring will eventually come apart.

It seems to make sense and I'd hate to have it come apart, but I was
just hoping to verify that this is true information and not just a ploy
to get us to rent a machine and buy the more expensive foam.
Can anyone tell me if this is indeed the best way to go?
Thanks